Eddie Newton

Management and coaching career

On 2 July 2008 Newton was appointed assistant manager to Roberto Di Matteo at Milton Keynes Dons. A year later, on 30 June 2009, Di Matteo was appointed head coach of West Bromwich Albion and it was reported that Newton would be joining him at the club as assistant head coach. When Di Matteo was relieved of his duties in January 2011, Newton also left the club.

On 5 March 2012 it was announced that Newton would be joining the back room staff at Chelsea, supporting Roberto Di Matteo. Di Matteo had just taken over as interim Head Coach at Chelsea following the departure of André Villas-Boas. In his short time as assistant manager at Chelsea he has won the UEFA Champions League and FA Cup. He currently helps to oversee the progress of Chelsea's loan players after having been assistant first team coach under Guus Hiddink in for the second half of the previous season. Following the departure of Hiddink, Newton returned to the loan technical coach role until 2019, when he became an assistant coach to the first team following the appointment of Frank Lampard as head coach.

He was appointed assistant manager at Trabzonspor in February 2020.

On 2 August 2020, Newton was appointed by Trabzonspor on a permanent basis, after a successful period as caretaker winning the Turkish Cup. On 31 October 2020, he was sacked as the club's manager after winning just one of his seven games in charge.

Personal life Born in England, Newton is of Nigerian and Jamaican descent.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player Chelsea FA Cup: 1996–97; runner-up: 1993–94 Football League Cup: 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1997–98 UEFA Super Cup: 1998

Assistant Manager Chelsea FA Cup: 2011–12

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